1919
An attempt to get these notes together is being made at Fred Daley's Warm Mineral Springs Inn near Venice, Fla., on a nice warm Sunday morning, when your Secretary would much prefer to be swimming or on the golf course. First, a short report on a few '19ers and others seen in the last few weeks. Had a delightful evening with Alex and Lucy Henderson at the Royal Palm Yacht Club in Boca Raton, after going to their lovely home in Hillsboro Beach. Alex gave me a personally conducted tour of Ms Hillsboro Country Day School for children from kindergarten through the Bth grade, and it was a most interesting experience. Prior to going to Boynton Beach, the Sterlings, Norm and Elisabeth, entertained most royally in Ponte Vedra, aided by Fat andHon Jackson. The latter are all settled in their new home and enjoying Florida to the utmost. At a cocktail party given by Marion Naramore hon. '14, at Boynton Beach, Jack and Kay Brotherhood '20, the Carlie Blunts '26, the Jack Blunts '22, the Ev Youngs '18, and the George Boughtons '35 represented the Big Green, along with Hank and Polly Loudon '17. At this writing Stu and DotRussell are at the Lido Biltmore in Sarasota, Bob and Anne Lewis here in Venice, Guyand Muriel Cogswell in Fort Lauderdale, the Art Brentanos in Sarasota, the Bunny Collins likewise, and there must be a few more classmates enjoying sunny Florida.
One of '19's most prominent doctors, DanFeatherston, received some long over-due publicity recently. Quoting in part from a New Jersey paper, "Dr. Daniel F. Featherston, who was reappointed to the State Board of Medical Examiners this week, is admittedly a crusader 'guarding the sanctity of the medical profession.' His unsalaried state post conforms with this life-long principle As he describes it, it is 'to enforce the law and to attract to New Jersey competent physicians and exclude those we don't think meet the standards.' And, as he publicly told the state society in 1959, there were some shortcomings in the medical profession that all doctors must face up to if they are to improve their public impression. 'The most obvious of these are unavailability, arrogance. and high fees, the latter being dramatized by the small percentage engaging in this nefarious practice.' " Dan is a member of the American Medical Association, American College of Surgeons, and the Monmouth County Medical Society, and is on the staff of three hospitals. His various duties have forced him to give up the editorship of our "Smoke Signal," and all of us greatly regret it, and will miss the Featherston sense of humor. We have been fortunate in persuading Win Batchelder to take over, and so in the next issue we will be hearing from Batch.
Ed Fiske reports being in Carnoustie, Scotland with the U.S.A. Curling Team and is "Having fun, but it is harder work than it was ten years ago."
The following men attended the class luncheon now being held on the first Monday of every month (except summer) at the Dartmouth Club in New York - Chet Demond, Henry Siegbert, Tito Webster, Hal Parsons, Tom Bresnahan, Nick Sandoe, Bri Greeley, Mose Robinson, Ken Huntington, and the sponsor and organizer of the affair, Win Batchelder.
Fred Daley, our head agent for the 1962 Alumni Fund, and from whom you will be hearing, was recently appointed to the advisory board of the Shelton office of the Connecticut National Bank. Waddy Owen brings Batch up to date on his activities, quoting, "I retired last month, retirement being compulsory at age 65. On February 5 I am heading South for a visit in Florida followed by a short cruise among the islands from Miami to Trinidad with seven ports of call. Shortly after the first Monday in March plan to be back here and soon after that will be moving to Maine."
From Bob Proctor, anent the N. Y. luncheon, "I have your note and applaud the plan of the New York group. I do not find myself in New York very much these days, and I suspect that it would be hard for me to plan any particular trip for the first Monday in any month. However, should I find myself there on that day any time, I shall aim to join you for the luncheon at the Commodore." That's all for now.
Secretary, 11 School St., Hanover, N. H.
Class Agent, Route 1, Box 815-H, Venice, Fla.
